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Gordon Pennycook will receive the Alumni Gold Medal, which is given out for outstanding academic performance in a doctoral program.

Danielle Rice will receive the Arts Young Alumni Award.

Siobhan Sutherland will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies award at the Master's level.

The social and clinical psychology areas of the Department of Psychology have much to be proud of - and this week that includes the announcement of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2016. Two PhD students are among the recipients.

Psychology study on bullsh_t wins Ig Nobel prize at Harvard University

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Congratulations to the team of doctoral graduates and professors from the Department of Psychology for winning the infamous Ig Nobel Peace Prize for their study published last year, “On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit.”

Group photo of five Accelerator Centre grads
The Accelerator Centre celebrated one of its biggest graduating classes last Thursday as four startups left the nest at the local high tech business incubator.

The most recent graduates — Ecopia, InTheChat, Knowledge in Development and Trending.Info — bring the total to 55 startups that have graduated from the centre in the last decade.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Pop-up Bike Lanes and Other Bright Ideas

How Robin Mazumder is helping to build better cities

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It was a mild, breezy Saturday afternoon in September of 2014 when several cyclists gathered in downtown Edmonton. But their bike ride along 102 Avenue was less about pleasure and more about using pedal power for public protest.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Drawing pictures helps us remember

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Do you spend hours studying for a test only to draw a blank when you see the questions? It turns out you are not the only one. For though the human brain may be more powerful than a computer, recalling information is a problem experienced by even the most prepared of students. The lapse in memory can be attributed to various factors, including fatigue, distraction, and nerves.

We Outsource Our Minds Every Day, And Psychologists Want To Understand The Consequences

Our devices are doing more and more of the remembering for us.

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Even if you’re not old enough to remember the days when people memorized phone numbers, you probably still appreciate the virtually unlimited amount of information you can store on your phone, aka your second

head shot of Dr. Mike Ross
Mike Ross has won The Society of Personality and Social Psychology’s Career Contribution Award, which “honours scholars who have made ‘major theoretical and/or empirical contributions to social psychology and/or personality psychology or to bridging these areas.’ Recipients are recognized for distinguished scholarly contributions across productive careers.”